A comprehensive guide to the 2012-13 Metropolitan Opera Season and schedule of the Live in HD Telecasts so popular in the Berkshires. WIth new productions and two new operas, it is going to be another exciting year from The Met. Click on the curtain above to open the full story.

Saturday, May 19 is going to be quite a day, because starting at noon, and running six hours from start to finish is the final installment of Wagner’s Ring Cycle transmitted Live in HD by the Met. Read More…

For Levine watchers and fans, it came as no real surprise: Music Director James Levine will not conduct at the Metropolitan Opera for the remainder of this season, or during the 2012-13 season for that matter. While it is sad news, it is also – in a way – a good sign that Levine has…